And at the same time, you had the confederates who had sent peace commissioners to Washington to offer to pay the south’s portion of the national debt and to pay for federal forts like Fort Sumter. Napoleon III of France offered to broker some sort of compromise, but Lincoln refused to speak to any of them. He wouldn’t see any of them. He was determined to go to war, which he did.

That is so different from what I have been taught here in Connecticut..

You know, despite all the people bitching about how having no budget is making our schools less effective, wouldn't you think that people being taught two entirely different views on one of the largest wars in American history would have something to do with that?

History is always written by the victor. I doubt there's any actual Public School which doesn't put a slant to the Civil War in this country. Any false claim or spin can be taught to innocent and compromisable children which will shape their mind forever.

It is up to you to look at history for yourself. Do you believe when the Jews say they were made into lampshades and soap during the holocaust, and do you trust them when it comes to literally "rebuilding" gas chambers to their original state in Auschwitz?